Diplomoceratidae
Extinct family of ammonites / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Diplomoceratidae is a family of ammonites included in the order Ammonitida. Fossils of species within this genus have been found in the Cretaceous sediments (age range: from 99.7 to 66.043 million years ago).[2] Studies of Diplomoceras suggest that members of this family could reach lifespans of over 200 years.[3]
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Diplomoceratidae | |
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Scalarites scalaris | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Cephalopoda |
Subclass: | †Ammonoidea |
Order: | †Ammonitida |
Suborder: | †Ancyloceratina |
Superfamily: | †Turrilitoidea |
Family: | †Diplomoceratidae Spath, 1926 [1] |
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